Unique 'Celebration' Apple-1 Sells for $815,000

[macduke]

I hope the person who bought this posts a drop test video.
[doublepost=1472163353][/doublepost]They call it the "celebration" Apple I because the guy who sold it is CELEBRATING!

 

[Waxhead138]

I wonder if the shenanigans of pulling the large bid in the final seconds affected the final price it would have otherwise gone for. For example, someone placing that $1.2MM bid may have pushed out bidders that would have payed $900k+ and then didn't have time to bid after the withdrawal.

OK, I'll take the tinfoil off my head now.

Ive never participated in a traditional auction. The impression is that you couldnt withdraw bids. Is that normally the case or just a bad assumption on my part?

 

[aaronvan]

I'd like to see the flip side. Is it wire-wrapped?

 

[44267547]

Somewhere Woz said he had a few boxes of Apple Is in a garage somewhere. Truly "money that hasn't been looked at."

If Wozniak had a garage sale, I would the first in line. I Can only imagine.

 

[Pakaku]

A strange irony. People now complain about soldered components. Back then, soldering was one of the main ways to upgrade components 🙂

The components in the 80s were huge, though. Good luck trying to solder any tiny parts by hand in something with as little internal space as a 2016 Macbook Pro.

 

[6836838]

But how does it fare in the blender challenge?

 

[imageWIS]

Woz's early creations command a lot of money these days. I was surprised an accelerator card fetched nearly three times the original price. Can't say the same for the early Macs which only have dumpster value.

Not true, you can turn it into a very cool fish tank: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/5-weird-and-cool-mac-aquariums
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The components in the 80s were huge, though. Good luck trying to solder any tiny parts by hand in something with as little internal space as a 2016 Macbook Pro.

This ^^^. Plus, everything is glued in and unless you have the right tools and skillset, its VERY easy to break parts when trying to pry it open...!

 

[recoil80]

Do they sell a 64GB model for just $815,100?

 

[Tech198]

If these are as "rare" as people say,, how come we keeping finding more ?

I thought that meant "hard to come by" .. At least the price is not $666.66

 

[TheRealTVGuy]

I'd buy the components to repair it, and then commission Woz to bring it back to it's former glory.